Asia Cup 2022: Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka

 In the first match of Asia Cup 2022, Afghanistan defeated Sri Lanka by 8 wickets.

In the match played at the Dubai Cricket Stadium, Afghanistan easily achieved the target of 106 runs given by Sri Lanka in the 11th over of the innings for the loss of two wickets.

On behalf of Afghanistan, Rehmanullah scored 40 runs and Hazratullah Zazai scored 37 runs. Sri Lanka's Hasaranga took one wicket.Asia cup 2022 live score

Earlier, Afghanistan won the toss and decided to field against Sri Lanka.

The first two Sri Lankan batsmen were dismissed for just three runs, after the early wickets fell, none of the Sri Lankan batsmen were able to take a big turn.

Thus Sri Lanka's wickets fell one after the other and the whole team was all out after scoring 105 runs in the 19th over.

Afghanistan's Fazal Haq took three wickets, while Nabi and Mujeeb took two wickets each. Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa scored 39 while Kurantane scored 31 runs.

Speaking after the toss, Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi said that Dubai has not played cricket for a long time, the pitch is looking fresh, so we are bowling first.

Sri Lanka captain Shanaka said that if we had won the toss, we would have decided to bowl first. He said that players are making their debut in our team today.

The match between traditional rivals Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup T20 cricket tournament will be played today.

Asia Cup 2022 has officially started, in the first match, Afghanistan has won the toss and decided to field against Sri Lanka.

The first match between the two teams is being played at the Dubai Cricket Stadium.

Speaking after the toss, Afghanistan captain Mohammad Nabi said that Dubai has not played cricket for a long time, the pitch is looking fresh, so we are bowling first.

Sri Lanka captain Shanaka said that if we had won the toss, we would have decided to bowl first. He said that players are making their debut in our team today.

So far, while the Sri Lankan team has played 54 matches in the Asia Cup and won 35, the Afghanistan team has registered only 5 wins out of 12 matches.

Teams of traditional rivals Pakistan and India will compete tomorrow.

The match will start at 7 pm at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The national team will be led by Babar Azam while India will be led by Rohit Sharma.

On the other hand, before the match against India, national team captain Babar Azam has given important advice to the players.

Before the match between Pakistan and India in the Asia Cup, Babar Azam has raised the spirits of the players and said that the way they played in the previous World Cup, they still have to play in the same way.

He said that good preparation is what is seen outside and inside the ground, it will not happen at all, one thing outside the ground and another inside.

He said that we know that our fast bowler is not with us, don't miss him, believe that if he can do something for Pakistan, you can do it too.

It should be noted that in the T20 tournament between the 6 best teams in Asia, Pakistan will be in action in Group A along with India and Hong Kong, while in Group B the teams of Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be in action.

The top two teams from each group will qualify for the Super Four stage, which will begin on September 3. The final between the top two teams of the Super Four will be played on September 11.

Former Pakistan fast bowler Aqib Javed called Indian batsman Virat Kohli as the weak link of the Indian team.

In an interview given to Hum News, he said that if there is a weak type of player at the third or fourth position, it is an advantage for the opponent.

According to Aqib Javed, the opening pair of Babar and Rizwan in the national team is second to none, "Babar and Rizwan scored heaps of runs in the last three years, there is no other opening pair like them in the whole world."

He said that Fakhar Zaman is a match winner, Pakistan depends a lot on Babar, Fakhar and Rizwan.

The former bowling coach said that Mohammad Hasnain's selection is good, he has bowled quite fast in the hundred, we have to play the wicket-takers, Hasnain has pace and can trap the Indian batsmen.

According to Aqib Javed,Asia Cup 2022 the middle order of the national team is weak compared to India, Haider Ali, Iftikhar Ahmed and Asif Ali do not play consistently, but the balance of the national team is good with the presence of Khushdil Shah and Shadab Khan in the team.